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The Art of Teaching
What I find to be the most frustrating thing now is something I can't quite put my finger on. I am overall very happy with my job and career choice as a teacher. In addition I stumbled upon working at an alternative school and this has been really good Read More...
Posted 21 October 08 09:24 by Senorita.Hache | 0 Comments   
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Unit Skeleton
My units are continuously evolving and I am trying to find a way to have a general skeleton structure for every unit that I can just fill in with activities that are relevant to the specific unit. There are so many components that I am always trying to Read More...
Posted 30 September 08 04:53 by Senorita.Hache | 0 Comments   
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Snowball Effect...
I have been reflecting a little on my first week, and how I planned for that week. Now I'm focusing on how to avoid the snowball effect ... Last year, the snowball effect was caused by all little things that kept on slipping through the cracks, and clouding Read More...
Posted 07 September 08 06:03 by Senorita.Hache | 4 Comments   
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T-1 Days.... and counting
School starts tomorrow and I am ready as I will ever be. I have several threads of ideas running through my mind for the new year and I am hoping to keep everything sorted out and remember my "Avoid Chaos List." What always gets me is that I can't just Read More...
Posted 01 September 08 10:12 by Senorita.Hache | 1 Comments   
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Re-vamping Plans... Gaining Responsibilities...
I haven't even gotten to day 1 yet and I am already changing plans! For example... I am throwing out the idea of doing ice-breakers at the beginning of the year altogether. I found out more about the new kids we are getting to my alternative school and Read More...
Posted 27 August 08 05:02 by Senorita.Hache | 0 Comments   
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Keep It Simple Stupid
There are so many acronyms flying around in the world of education, LEP, IEP, SOL, EOC, ESOL, POS, that I have decided that my new favorites is KISS = keep it simple stupid (yes, POS and SOL are actual acronyms). When I sit down to plan I am often already Read More...
Posted 26 August 08 09:40 by Senorita.Hache | 1 Comments   
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Filling Buckets...
I heard a lot of "Good luck" with an edge of sarcasm last year when I decided to teach alternative kids... but they had no idea what a well kept secret my school is! Today, I was struck once again at the faculty meeting by the atmosphere of enthusiasm Read More...
Posted 25 August 08 05:15 by Senorita.Hache | 1 Comments   
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Old MacDonald Had A Farm...
I had a family wedding and now I'm house-sitting out in the country (E-I-E-I-O). .. but I haven't forgotten my blog!!!! Right now, I have 2 goats, 11 hens, 4 chicks, 2 cats, and 2 dogs under my "authority" while my brother's family is on vacation. YIKES Read More...
Posted 19 August 08 01:01 by Senorita.Hache | 0 Comments   
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#2 Ice Breakers
I am going to start with #2 on my list from my previous blog: " Take a Number ." But first I would like to note that since I have started preparing, I haven't had any other anxiety dreams about teaching, as in my first blog, lengthy introduction . In Read More...
Posted 14 August 08 03:53 by Senorita.Hache | 3 Comments   
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Take a number!
So this is the week that I start thinking again. Back To School... Back To School... Back To School... I had a little trouble accomplishing anything at first because there is so much that I want to have prepared and so many things I want to improve on. Read More...
Posted 13 August 08 11:38 by Senorita.Hache | 5 Comments   
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